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N9. 770,476. PATENTED SEPT..20, 1904-. B. POZZI. CUTTER FOR BUTTER, &0.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1904.

NO MODEL.

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UNTTEn STATES Patented September 20, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

ROMEO POZZI, OF MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

CUTTER FOR BUTTER, &0-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 770,476, datedSeptember 20, 1904.

Application filed June 80, 1904.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Romeo Pour, a citizen of the United States, residingat Marysville, in the county of Yuba and State of California, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cutters for Butter and LikeArticles, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to a device which is designed for cutting butter,bread, or any article which it may be desired to cut into slices ofregular thickness.

It consists in the combination of mechanism and devices by which thearticle to be cut is intermittently advanced between the movements ofthe cutting device and means by which the rate of advance and thethickness of the slices cut may be varied.

It also comprises details of construction which will be more fullyexplained by referenc to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a plan View of my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of same, showingcrosswires. Fig. 3 is a transverse section showing rack and plunger.

The device shown in the drawings is especially designed for cuttingbutter from the block or roll into sheets of any desired thickness andsubdividing said sheets to make the smaller divisions or parts designedfor table use.

A represents a box made of any suitable material and of a size toreceive the block, roll, or loaf, if it is used for cutting bread, whichis placed within the box.

2 is a plunger fitting said box and adapted to move lengthwise thereof.

The box is here shown as having two sides and a bottom, and the plungerfits sufficiently closely between these sides and the bottom. The top ofthe device may be open, as shown. Through the rear end of the boxextends a rack-bar 3, having at the front end a plate A or equivalentmeans, by which it is fixed to the plunger, so that the latter standstransversely of the box and it may be advanced by the movements of therack-bar. Transversely across the box is a shaft 5, having a pinion 6,which engages with the rack-bar. In the present case this shaft andpinion are located below the rack-bar, and a bar 7, extending Serial No.214,828. (No model.)

across the box above the rack-bar, maintains the teeth of said bar inconstant mesh with the pinion. Upon the outer end of the transverseshaft is fixed a bevel gear-Wheel 8. Parallel with the side of the boxis journaled a shaft 9, having a pinion 10, which engages with the gear8, as shown. This pinion has a. portion of its teeth out out, so as toform a mutilated pinion, and it will be manifest that when its teethengage those of the gear-wheel the latter will be revolved, and throughthe shaft and interior pinion engaging with the rackbar said bar and theplunger carried by it will be advanced. During the time when nopinion-teeth engage with the gear-wheel the plunger and the butter orother substance which lies in front of it and is moved by it will remainstationary. During this stationary period the cutter is brought intoaction and a slice of the material is out off. In the present case theshaft 9 is bent or has fixed to it an arm, as shown at 11, and this armis again bent upon itself, as shown at 12, so that between this bent armand the journal portion of the shaft a cutter 13 is fixed. A handle 14is fixed to the arm 11, and by this handle the shaft may be revolved andthe mechanism operated. The position of the arm and the cutter is soarranged with relation to the mutilated pinion that when the latterceases to advance the gear the cutter will be in position to commencethe out upon the normally stationary substance and it will pass acrossthe open end or mouth of the box A before the pinion again engages thegear. Thus the material will be cut into slices of a given thickness andmay drop from the end of the box into a suitable receptacle below.

If bread is to be cut by this device, a suitably-constructed sharp knifewill form the cutter l3, and the bread will be advanced at eachrevolution of the crank-shaft and connected parts a distance sufficientto make slices of the desired thickness. If butter is to be cut, it'isusually desirable to also cut the butter into small sections or pats,such as are usually placed upon butter-plates for table use. For thispurpose 1 have shown the cutter in the form of a thin wire stretchedbetween the shaft and the part 12 for the purpose of cutting the butterinto slices, and across the mouth of the box are stretched flat wires,as at 16, so that asthe butter is advanced by the plunger 2 it will beforced across these wires 16, thus subdividing into small sections,after which the main cutter-blade 13 will sever these out sections fromthe end of the block or roll. A pan containing water may be convenientlyplaced to receive these sections as they fall from the apparatus.

In order to vary the thickness of the slices which are to be cut, Iemploy a series of pinions 10, which are fitted upon the end of theshaft 9, so that they may be easily removed. If a thin slice of materialis to be out, a pinion with a considerable number of teeth cut out maybe employed for the purpose. If a thicker slice is to be cut, more teethwill remain in the pinion, and the consequent result will be a greaterrevolution of the gear and a further advance of the rack-bar and theplunger which is moved thereby. The proportionate size of the gear andpinions may be adjusted to suit the character of the work to be done.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

1. A device for slicing material consisting of a box or guide therefor,a plunger having a guided rack-bar attached thereto and movable withinthe box, a transverse shaft with a pinion engaging the rack-bar, saidshaft having a bevel gear-wheel upon its outer end, a shaft journaledparallel with the side of the box, a mutilated pinion fixed to saidshaft to engage the gear-wheel and advance it and the connected partsintermittently, a cutter Carried by said pinion-shaft movable across thefront of the box through which the material is advanced, said cutterbeing fixed to sever the material during intervals in its advance. 2. Ina device for slicing material, a containing-hox, a plunger having aguided rackbar fixed to it and movable to advance the material throughthe open end of the box, a transverse shaft with pinion engaging therack-bar. a bevel-gear fixed to the outer end of said shaft, a secondshaft journaled parallel with the side of the box, a pinion removablysecured upon the last-named journal-shaft, a crank-arm fixed at rightangles with said shaft and coinciding with the mutilated portions of thepinion whereby it crosses the open mouth of the box while the advance ofthe material is arrested and a cutter carried by said arm.

3. In a device for cutting material, a containing-box open at one endadapted to receive the material, a plunger rack-bar, pinion andmutilated gears by which the material is intermittently advanced throughthe mouth of the box, cutters transversely disposed across the mouth ofthe box whereby the block of material is subdivided into smallersections, and a cutter connected with the mutilated-pinion shaft andmovable across theend of the box to sever the material projectingtherefrom during the intermission of its forward movement.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ROMEO POZZI.

Witnesses: HENRY P. TRIooU, S. H. NOURSE.

